Effectiveness of a short course in clinical communication skills for hospital doctors: Results of a crossover randomized controlled trial (ISRCTN22153332)

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-169

  Fossli Jensen, Bård ^a   Gulbrandsen, Pål ^a   Dahl, Fredrik A ^a   Krupat, Edward ^b   Frankel, Richard M ^c   Finset, Arnstein ^d  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Communication training; Crossover; Doctor patient relationship; RCT; Video assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ADULT; CLINICAL CODING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 79960016953     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.08.028     Document Type: Article

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